Dear Matthew,

 

Elliot Stern has suggested to read the marginalia as 'nayā', to make it samāptikāma[nayā].

This seems a very probable and elegant solution.

 

Best regards,

Evgeniya

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Кому: Elliot Stern <emstern1948@gmail.com>;
Копия: Evgeniya Desnitskaya <khecari@yandex.ru>, "INDOLOGY@list.indology.info" <indology@list.indology.info>;
Тема: [INDOLOGY] the word nadyā in an MS;
01:55, 10 марта 2026 г., Matthew Kapstein <mattkapstein@proton.me>:

Dear Evgeniya,

 

Could it be an allusion to the tradition of Nadia, ie Nawadwip, the major Navyanyāya center of Bengal?

 

cordially,

Matthew 

 

Matthew T. Kapstein

Professor emeritus

Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris

 

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The University of Chicago Divinity School

 

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https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein

 

https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/

 

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1

 

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1

 

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On Monday, 03/09/26 at 20:04 Elliot Stern via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear Evgeniya,

 

My first thought is to suggest that the marginal note should possibly be read as nādyā ’not the first’, if you cannot construe nadyā ‘by/with a river’, and the text refutes several optional interpretations at this point.

 

The second thought is to suggest that it would help if you share an image of the folio.

 

Best wishes,

 

Elliot

 

On Mar 9, 2026, at 2:48 PM, Evgeniya Desnitskaya via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

 

Dear list memebers,

 

While working on a manuscript related to Navya-Nyāya, I came across a marginal note that does not seem to fit the context—specifically, the word 'nadyā'. It appears to be inserted after the word 'parisamāptikām', which itself seems odd and does not align with the sentence structure. The form 'parisamāptyā' would be more plausible. I am therefore wondering whether the marginal note is simply indicating that this feminine word should be in the Instrumental case.

I have little experience with manuscripts, so I would appreciate your feedback: is my suggestion likely correct?

Best,

Evgeniya

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Institute of Oriental Manuscripts

Russian Academy of Sciences

 

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